Scientists at The Wistar Institute have discovered how a key protein from the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), EBNA-LP, ...

A cold sore might seem like a minor nuisance. But behind that tingling lip is one of the world’s most widespread and cunning ...

Rutgers scientists have developed a new approach to stopping viral infections: a so-called live-attenuated, replication-defective DNA virus vaccine that uses a compound known as centanamycin to ...

But more direct evidence of viruses in long-dead things turns up in microscopic fashion, showing how ancient DNA is corrupted by the viral loads that infected ancient cells.

New UB research has found that triggering a cell's DNA damage response could be useful in developing treatments for some disease-causing viruses.

Around 8 percent of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses. These sequences, known as human endogenous retroviruses (or Hervs), date back hundreds of thousands to ...

These viruses, around three-quarters of which were previously unknown to science, were discovered thanks to scraps of viral DNA frozen in ice cores taken from the Guliya Glacier on the Tibetan ...

Using a virus-mimicking DNA scaffold instead of the usual protein one to deliver a vaccine to mice not only generated a robust immune response but avoided the off-target effects sometimes seen ...

Double-stranded DNA viruses come in two main flavors, classified by their shapes. One contains large and giant DNA viruses that attack complex cells but also includes some viruses that are much ...